Thorliff Bjorklund has dreamed of being a writer since he was a young boy, but in order to pursue a writing career, Thorliff must go against his father's wishes.
Relates the experiences of an immigrant family who despite their difficult circumstances, draw strength from the love and support of their matriarch, Mama. Following the feature film is a retrospective on three of the leading ladies of RKO Pictures: Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn and Irene Dunne.
Iktomi, a Lakota trickster, and a troll from Norway meet and become competitors, helpers, and friends as they try to hold on to the native ways that are being abandoned as more people settle across America.
The author tells about her family's life on the North Dakota prairie of the early 1900s, focusing on the story of her mother Carrine, who as a single young Norwegian-American woman staked out her claim in the unsettled land.
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
In 1944, a thirteen-year-old girl grapples with the discovery that "Pa" isn't her biological father, experiences her first romance, and faces hardships dealt to friends in Brooklyn's Norwegian community.
Surveys the immigration of Norwegians to the New World through an examination of what they sought in America, where they settled, and what they contributed to American life and culture.
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
